Asian Americans and politics : perspectives, experiences, prospects / ed. by Gordon H. Chang.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Gordon H. Chang -- 1. Asian Americans and Politics: Some Perspectives from History / Gordon H. Chang -- 2. The Racial Triangulation of Asian Americans / Claire Jean Kim -- 3. Citizenship Nullification: The Impossibility of Asian American Politics / Neil T. Gotanda -- 4. Beyond Electoral Politics: Renewing a Search for a Paradigm of Asian Pacific American Politics / Don T. Nakanishi -- 5. Asian Americans as the Median Voters: An Exploration of Attitudes and Voting Patterns on Ballot Initiatives / Wendy K. Tam Cho and Bruce E. Cain -- 6. Changing of the Guard? The Emerging Immigrant Majority in Asian American Politics / Paul M. Ong and David E. Lee -- 7. Voting Participation: Race, Gender, and the Comparative Status of Asian American Women / Pei-Te Lien -- 8. U.S.-Born, Immigrant, Refugee, or Indigenous Status: Public Policy Implications for Asian Pacific American Families / Kenyon S. Chan --

9. Asian Pacific American Youth: Pathways for Political Participation / Peter Nien-Chu Kiang -- 10. Seen, Rich, but Unheard? The Politics of Asian Indians in the United States / Sanjeev Khagram, Manish Desai and Jason Varughese -- 11. The Impact of Mainstream Political Mobilization on Asian American Communities: The Case of Korean Americans in Los Angeles, 1992-1998 / Edward J. W. Park -- 12. People from China Crossing the River: Asian American Political Empowerment and Foreign Influence / Frank H. Wu and Francey Lim Youngberg -- 13. Lessons Learned from the "Locke for Governor" Campaign / Judy Yu and Grace T. Yuan -- 14. Building on the Indigenous Base: The Fund-raising Controversy and the Future of Asian American Political Participation / Paul Y. Watanabe -- 15. Asian Americans and Multiracial Political Coalitions: New York City's Chinatown and Redistricting, 1990-1991 / Leland T. Saito.